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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

Without supporting any kind of violence. And without denying anything.

I feel obligated to say that this is purposely manipulated. As pictures taken in very different times of day and year make for a faulty comparison that does not portrait reallity.

Specially the time of day (that make shadows disappear on the right picture) and the sandy surfaces make it seems like the image on the right it's all flat and that buildings are leveled to the ground. And that's simply not true. It's just optical illusions.

This does not mean that the areas was not subjected to heavy bombardment, and that all people on that area may have been killed by bombs. But the images presented are just manipulative and I'm against media manipulation no matter how good intentions are behind the manipulative attempt.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Not at all you can clearly see many houses having fully disappeared by being flattened with bulldozers

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Let me correct that for you. It should be: Yes, though I agree you can also see some places where houses were leveled by bulldozer.

The angle the photos were taken from are also different. That increases the appearance of devastation beyond what is actually there. This image is an intention exaggeration of something that was already unacceptable. Doing so erodes confidence in information about the things happening there. Who knows, maybe this was even created by the IDF for that purpose.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The sandy image gives it a different look but the destruction is actually that massive. Another example from Aug 23; CNN Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems in Gaza

Satellite images show Canada Water reservoir in Rafah, southern Gaza, on July 18 (left) and July 30 (right). ©2024 Maxar Technologies:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you replying to the right comment. No one on this comment thread has said that there wasn't large scale destruction or that any of this was okay.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

By the way here's a video that answers your question in 40 seconds https://files.catbox.moe/qvayy0.mp4

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You kinda sound like a bot. I didn't ask any questions

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago

You did make claims.

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